Combined harness-hook and line-tightener.



C. SEIVERT. COMBINED HARNESSHOOK AND LINE TIGHTENER.

APPLICA'HON HLED MAY3I| 1916-.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED MAYIH, 1915- v Patented Apr.

UNITED @Td @FFTQE.

. CHRIST SEIVERT, F SEIVERT TOWNSHIP, CAVALIER, COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.

COMBINED HARNESS-HOOK AND LINE-TIGHTENEB.

Application filed May 31, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRIST SEIVERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seivert township, in the county of Cavalier and State ofNorth Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Harness-Hooks and Line-Tighteners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to raising and lowering supports and a wire orrope tightener attachment therefor, being an improved form of myinvention set forth in my application, Serial Number 62,519, with thetight ener attachment added.

The object is to improve the construction to insure smooth working, toprovide intermediate stops in the lowering operation, to provide morecompactness for packing and shipping, to provide for easy replacement ofparts, to provide easy means of attachment and removal of the tightener,to provide easy means for releasing and operating said tightener fromthe ground, to provide means for increasing or decreasing the capacityof said tightener and to otherwise improve the operation andconstruction, all of which objects, among others, are accomplished bythe construction, arrangement and combination of parts all ashereinafter more particularly set forth, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a device embodying my invention,the lever and connecting rod being broken away, being shown in fulllines in lowered position and in dotted lines in raised or normalposition;

Fig. 2, a central vertical sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3, a front elevation of the same, showing the clutch-lever inoperative position in dotted lines;

Fig. 4:, a detail sectional view on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5, a detail sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6, a detail perspective view of the operating lever; and

Fig. 7, a detail plan view of the sleeve 24 and its strap 25.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, 1 represents the bracket havinglugs 2 at top and bottom perforated at 3 to allow the passagetherethrough of nails, screws or any othe s itable fastening meansbywhich Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

Serial No. 100,940.

connected by means of a bolt 12 passing 2 through any two of the holes13 and 14 provided respectively in the lever and arm 11. to allow forsuch adjustability at this point.

The upper end of this red or arm 11 is provided with a ball 15 receivedin a. correspondingly shaped socket formed in and between block 5 and aplate 16 secured thereto by means of screws or any other convenient andsuitable fastening means, at the central point between the rollerbearings 17 which e are mounted in transverse recesses in the back ofblock 5, reducing friction bet-ween block 5 and bracket 1 and preventingamming between these two parts.

Mounted fixedly by screw-thread engagement in the block 5 in thelongitudinal central line, and near the top part, thereof is theremovable horizontal pin 18 and in the same vertical plane below thesame the brace arm 19 is pivotally mounted in plate 16 to move in saidvertical plane. A sleeve 20 having a hooked outer end is adapted toreceive the pin 18 and a sleeve 21 pivotally connected to sleeve 20, bymeans of a collar encircling the latter, or other suitable means,

likewise is adapted to receive the brace arm 19, thus pin 18 and sleeve20 adjustable thereon constitute the adjustable hook braced by thetelescoping arm 19 and sleeve 21. Friction screws 22 passing throughsleeves 20 and 21 respectively are adapted to engage respectively thepin 18 and the brace arm 19 to hold these parts in any desired position.

. In the same vertical plane with said pin 3 18 and arm 19, between themand nearer the latter, the block 5 is screw-tapped to receive a belt orscrew 23.

The tightener attachment is provided with a sleeve 24 having an integralstrap 25 provided with perforations 26 and 27, the

perforations 26 receiving pin 18 and perforation 27 receiving bolt orscrew 23, which is screwed therethrough into the screwtap abovementioned, firmly securing the strap in such position, said strap beingthus positioned and secured before the sleeves and 21 are slipped on thepin 18 and arm 19 respectively.- 1

A tubular rod 28, carrying fixed thereon, by a friction screw 29, aratchet having a clutch-face 31, is passed through said sleeve 24 and isfree to rotate therein, a spacing collar 32 being slipped on the otherend of the rod 28 after it is passed through said sleeve 24, and forcedover until it bears against the end of sleeve 24, and said ratchet 30and collar 32 are so spaced that the ends of the rod 28 will projectequally on each side of the sleeve 24.

A clutch-faced lever 33 is slipped over the end of rod 28 with itsclutch-face 34 adjacent clutch-face 31 on said ratchet and is moved sothat these two faces engage before the lever is operated to turn theratchet 30 and rod 28 to tighten the wire or rope.

To release or slacken the wire or rope it is but necessary to operatethe weighted pawl 35 whichengages the ratchet 30, said pawl 35 beingpivotally mounted on a lug 36 integral with sleeve 24. This operation iseffected by means of the rod 37, the raising of which causes the raisingof the point of pawl 35 out of engagement with said ratchet 30.

The tubular rod 28 is provided near each end with three holes 38, 39 and40, two of which, 39 and 40 register, 38 being adjacent to, in linewith, and in the same wall or face as hole 39, these holes beingprovided to receive the bolts 41, each set of three holes receiving onehook bolt 41 in the following manner, hole 38 receives the tip or pointof the hook bolt and holes 39 and 40 the screw-threaded shank, the nut42 turning on the end of the screw-threaded shank and bearing on thepart of the rod 28 adjacent the hole 40.

The part of the bolt hook 41 between holes 38 and 39 forms an eye toreceive, or to which is to be attached, the wire or rope to be tightenedor held by the tightener attachment. As thus far described the tightenerhas a capacity of two wires or ropes.

It frequently happens in arranging clothes-lines and other lines forother purposes, that there will be four or more wires or ropes to beacted on and to meet such conditions I have provided two solid pins 44,to receive in each instance an extension sleeve and to be partiallyreceived by the tubular rod 28, one such pin 44 fitting in each end ofthe latter. These pins 44 are each provided near each end with a holeand a recess, the distance between each corresponding to the distancebetween the holes and 39, in order that the recess may recorrespondingholes in the rod 28,

ceive the tip or point and the corresponding hole the shank of one ofsaid hook bolts 41 and the pin 44 be held in position thereby. The pins44 forming the terminals of the tightening rod or drum may be providedwith heads 46, as shown. Usually, there will not be more than theaddition of the two extension-sleeves .45, one on each end of rod 28, asshown.

In dispensing with these two extensionsleeves 45 and reducing thecapacity of the tightener to two wires or ropes, it will be mostconvenient and also add to the appearance of the device to shove eachpin 44 into the rod 28 until its head 46 strikes against the endthereof, when the outer hole and recess of each pin will register withthe holes 39, 40 and 38 respectively to receive l1ookbolt 41.

Near the outer end each of these extension-sleeves 45 is provided withthree holes 38, .39 and 40, arranged as and for the purpose abovedescribed with relation to the The inner end of each extension-sleeve 45is provided with a hole 47 so arranged that when the end of the sleeveabuts against the end of rod 28 the distance between thishole 47 and theadjacent hole 39 will correspond to the distance between the holes 38and 39 and the bolt hook 41 is then so turned that its point will passthrough this hole 47 and enter the registering recess in the pin 44 andthe shank of said bolt hook will pass through the corresponding hole inthe pin 44 and the holes 39 and 40 in the rod 28, all of the three lastmentioned holes registering when in correct position for this purpose.Thus, each of these bolt hooks 41 serves three functions, it serves asan eye to receive the wire or rope to be acted on, it holds the rod 28,pins 44 and sleeves 45 as a unit for rotary motion and it holds saidparts together against endwise movement.

It will sometimes be desirable to lower the block partially, but not allthe way, the exact degree of lowering or the position of the block beinggoverned by the circumstances, such asthe length of the article to behung on the line, as it is desirable that the article to be hung up,especially in a wet or damp condition, should not come in contact withthe ground.

On the other hand, the lines would be too high to reach normally whilethe block 5 is in its highest position. To meet this condition and toallow freedom of movement while the block is partially lowered, Iprovide a catch 48 pivoted on a lug 49 integral with bracket 2 andadapted to engage any one of a series of notches 50 in the adjacent sideof the block 5 in order that the block 5 may be held in any one of anumber of intermediate positions. Also, for this same purpose,the catchmay be turned over until it projects beneath the bottom of the block 5,which, coming into engagement with said catch, will force it around onits pivot until it comes into contact with stop-pin 51, when it can turnno farther and will consequently hold said block 5, this being thehighest intermediate position of the block 5.

A ring connected to the free end of lever 10 will serve as the grip orhandle to operate lever 10 and arm 11. The operation of the severalparts of the device is thought to be clear from the above, it beingunderstood that in the highest or normal position of the block the pointof connection between the lever and arm or rod 11 will be, as shown in.dotted lines in Fig. 1, in a vertical plane nearer the bracket 1 than avertical plane running through the center of the spheroidal end 8 ofstud 7, hence the weight of the parts, plus the weight of any articlessupported thereby or attached thereto, will operate to hold all parts intheir normal positions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is:

1. A detachable winding device comprising a sleeve, a tubular rodmounted in said sleeve, means for turning said rod in said sleeve, pinsfitting in said rod, extension sleeves fitting on said pins, and meanspassing through said rod, pins and into said extension sleeves and pinsto hold said rod, pins and extension sleeves together to move as a unitand to provide attaching eyes.

2. A detachable winding device compris ing a sleeve, a tubular rodmounted in said sleeve, means for turning said rod in said sleeve,releasable means normally preventing the rod from turning in the reversedirection, pins fitting in said rod, extension sleeves fitting on saidpins, and means pass ing through said rod and pins and into saidextension sleeves and pins to hold said parts together to move as a unitand to provide attaching eyes.

3. A detachable winding device comprising a sleeve, a tubular rodmounted in said sleeve, means for turning said rod in said sleeve andremovable hook-bolts passing through said rod and having their tipspenetrate through said rod into the interior thereof to serve asattaching eyes.

4:. A detachable winding device comprising a rotary part, a sleeve inwhich said part rotates and a strap fixedly connected to said sleeve,depending therefrom, and provided with perforations, in combination witha reciprocally mounted block having a screw-tap, a pin mounted in saidblock, the said strap being adapted to receive said pin in oneperforation, means passing through the other perforation of said strapinto said screw-tap of said block, and means for reciprocating saidblock.

5. A detachable winding device comprising a rotary part, a sleeve inwhich said part rotates and a strap fixedly connected. to said sleeve,depending therefrom, and provided with a perforation, in combinationwith a reciprocally mounted block, a pin mounted in said block, the saidstrap receiving said pin in its perforation, means for releasablyholding said strap against turning around said pin and also against saidblock, and means for operating said block.

6. A detachable winding device comprising a rotary part, a sleeve inwhich said part rotates and a strap fixedly connected to said sleeve,depending therefrom, and provided with a perforation, in combinationwith a reciprocally mounted block, a pin removably mounted on saidblock, the said strap re ceiving said pin in said perforation, and meanspreventing the turning of said strap around said pin.

7. A detachable winding device, a reciprocally mounted block and a pinmounted on said block and aiding in holdingsaid winding device whenoperatively mounted, in combination with adjustable means forreciprocating said block, and means for holding said block at any one ofseveral intermediate positions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRIST SEIVERT.

Vitnesses E. CLAUSEN, CARL lVILnoRN.

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